Overview
- Mexico’s Foreign Ministry is reviewing whether to add the new U.S. indictment to its pending lawsuits against American gun makers and dealers filed in 2021.
- U.S. prosecutors charged Arizona shop owner Laurence Gray, who runs Grips by Larry, with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and with firearms trafficking tied to the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum welcomed the charges and said the legal team will decide if the case can serve as supporting evidence in Mexico’s litigation in U.S. courts.
- Sheinbaum said Mexico is keeping border operations to block drug smuggling and is pressing the United States to curb the illegal flow of guns into Mexico.
- ATF tracing data cited by La Jornada show that in 2024, 62% of guns recovered in Mexico and traced to recent U.S. purchases were sold in Arizona, underscoring the scale of the pipeline Mexican authorities want addressed.